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Solution Brief / Parallel Networking
Cradlepoint 4G LTE
Parallel Networking
CHALLENGE: SECURITY & FLEXIBILITY
AT THE NETWORK’S EDGE
The last thing your company’s IT executives want to find
themselves doing is explaining to an angry public what led to
the company compromising customer data. In those situations,
there’s an immediate hit to the company’s reputation, resulting
in a loss of brand loyalty, as customers take their business
elsewhere. Of course, security breaches are rife with other
consequences, such as:
++ Payment Card Industry
(PCI) fines
++ Legal costs
++ Loss of proprietary information
++ Lost time and
productivity
Enterprises with hundreds or thousands of locations face
sizeable, ongoing challenges in maintaining network security and
are at high risk of suffering data breaches. As the distributed
enterprise’s gateway to their corporate WAN, the network’s edge
is particularly vulnerable to security threats.
ENTERPRISES WITH
SMALL DISTRIBUTED
LOCATIONS OR
BRANCH OFFICES
ARE AT THE HIGHEST
RISK OF SUFFERING
DATA BREACHES.
Additionally, many enterprises interface with third parties that
require access as well. For example, kiosks within stores require
Customer Area
Equip.
Room
HQ
Security
System
Employee WiFi
Customer Smart Phone
IT
Back
Office
Point-of-Sale
3rd Party
Kiosk
Employee Network
Fig. 1: Parallel Networks Administered by One Source
Solution Brief / Parallel Networking
network access to transmit data, or HVAC vendors need to maintain and control on-site
facilities. With multiple parties requiring access and countless risks for security breaches,
enterprises spend massive amounts of resources each year developing and updating
security protocols.
SOLUTION: CRADLEPOINT PARALLEL NETWORKING SOLUTIONS
While some enterprises implement complex configurations to segment different
applications and users on the same network, an increasing number of enterprises are
creating “parallel networks” as an elegantly simple alternative. In this scenario, separate
applications such as customer WiFi, employee devices, and Point-of-Sale systems are
hosted on their own respective networks. Third party vendors, partners, and kiosks
must “Bring Your Own Network” (BYON), reducing the company’s overall scope of work in
maintaining network security.
CRADLEPOINT’S PARALLEL NETWORKING ADVANTAGES
Save time and reduce scope: Parallel networks reduce the amount of time and expertise
needed to segment networks based on application, and limit the effort required for
maintaining PCI Compliance on the network used for transmitting cardholder data.
Limit risk: If an employee device or third-party network is compromised, there is no
risk that attackers could pivot to other servers and networks, including those that hold
sensitive data.
Reduce soft costs: Parallel networks often reduce an enterprise’s soft costs, including
the need for complex network configurations that are subject to human error, more
complicated PCI Compliance audits, and the general quality of service (QoS) settings for
specific applications on the network.
PARALLEL NETWORKING SOLUTIONS
Cradlepoint’s router/firewall devices and cloud-based management software are designed
to mitigate security risks and maintain PCI Compliance for distributed enterprises using
all types of network architectures. As a cloud-managed solution, Cradlepoint balances the
strengths of wired and wireless networks through WAN Diversity™—the convergence of
4G LTE, Ethernet (DSL, Cable, T1, MetroE), and WiFi as WAN, all delivered through a single
networking device.
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